W. P. Carey Announces First Quarter Financial Results

Market Wire, May, 2008

Investment firm W. P. Carey & Co. LLC (NYSE: WPC) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.

QUARTERLY RESULTS

--  Total revenues net of reimbursed expenses for the first quarter of
    2008 were $47 million, compared to $41.2 million for the first quarter of
    2007. Reimbursed expenses are excluded from total revenues because they
    have no impact on net income.
--  Net income for the first quarter of 2008 increased to $17.1 million,
    as compared to $10.8 million for the same period in 2007.
--  Diluted earnings per share (EPS) for the first quarter of 2008
    increased to $0.43, as compared to $0.27 for the same period in 2007.
--  Funds from operations (FFO) for the first quarter of 2008, as per the
    attached table, increased to $0.54 per diluted share, or $21.5 million, as
    compared to $0.47 per diluted share, or $18.6 million, for the comparable
    period in 2007.
--  Cash flows from operating activities for the three months increased to
    $10.8 million from $(0.3) million in 2007.
--  The Board of Directors raised the quarterly cash distribution to
    $0.482 per share for the first quarter, which was paid on April 15, 2008 to
    shareholders of record as of March 31, 2008.
    

SUPPLEMENTAL PERFORMANCE METRICS

--  Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
    (EBITDA) from our investment management segment totaled $0.37 per diluted
    share, or $14.7 million this quarter, an increase over EBITDA of $0.29 per
    diluted share, or $11.6 million, in the first quarter of 2007.
--  FFO from our real estate ownership segment in the first quarter of
    2008 increased to $0.40 per diluted share, or $16.1 million, from $0.37 per
    diluted share, or $14.7 million in the first quarter of 2007.
--  For the three months ended March 31, 2008, adjusted cash flow from
    operations totaled $38.7 million, as compared to $37.4 million for the
    previous period.
--  Further information concerning these non-GAAP supplemental performance
    metrics is presented in the accompanying tables.
    

INVESTMENT AND FUNDRAISING ACTIVITY

--  In the first quarter of 2008, we structured investments totaling
    approximately $57 million on behalf of our CPA® REITs -- all domestic --
    compared to $167 million for the first quarter of 2007. During April 2008,
    we closed an additional $31 million in transactions in Finland and Germany.
--  Our newest offering, CPA®:17 - Global, began fundraising this year.
    Through May 7, 2008, we have raised more than $110 million on CPA®:17 -
    Global's behalf.
    

GROWTH IN ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT

--  W. P. Carey is the advisor to the CPA® REITs, which had assets
    valued at approximately $8.6 billion as of March 31, 2008 -- a 14.2%
    increase as compared to March 31, 2007.
--  Since 2001, the Company's assets under management on behalf of the
    CPA® REITs have more than tripled.
--  As of March 31, 2008, the occupancy rate of our 17 million square foot
    owned portfolio was approximately 96%. In addition, for the 88 million
    square feet owned by the CPA® REITs, the occupancy rate was more than
    99%.
    

CAREY WATERMARK

--  In March 2008, we formed Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated in
    March 2008 for the purpose of acquiring interests in lodging and lodging
    related properties. We currently expect to launch this $1 billion offering
    later this year.
    

"We are pleased with the results that we have generated for the first quarter of 2008," said Gordon F. DuGan, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Revenues increased in both our owned real estate and investment advisory segments and contributed to a strong quarter; although we should note that some of the increase was due to full recognition of our structuring and asset management revenue in Q1 2008 which was not the case in Q1 2007. While investment volume tends to be unpredictable quarter-to-quarter, we are currently experiencing a period of lower investment origination relative to last year that may reflect, in part, a period of pricing adjustment in the sale-leaseback market. We believe that the adjustment that we are experiencing is short-term in nature and that there should be a large number of attractive investment opportunities during the remainder of 2008. We are continuing to raise CPA®:17 - Global with those opportunities in mind. Overall, we believe we are well-positioned for today's environment with a strong balance sheet and an opportunistic investment approach."

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